The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, May 13, 1905, Image 2
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Mr E. I). Smi'1'
iniiitUlW S. CARTER,
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iKSUI-.D \V KI).N KS1>A Y ANI) Ij.VTUKDAY
MUliSl.'UII'TlON YE\I<
Lancaster vS. U., May 13th, 1H?5.
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Solicitor Henry's Report in the t
Kershaw Lynching Case. ,
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Kver since the preliminary ex- t
animation of the parties accused ^
of implication in the lynching cf '
Morrison at Kershaw there has ^
been great interest in the matter r
and a desire to know what other
steps, if any, would be taken to
prosecute tlic case.
At a late hour l.ist night the
governor gave out the report of
Solicitor 1 lenry, which has been
in his office for several days. The
governor made no ^statement in
regard to the matter j
The report will by published t
later. It may be inferred that ;
the solicitor proposes to push the
case and that the end is not yet.
The solicitor reviews the developments
leading up to the employment
of Howie as special detective
and goes into the facts sur
rounding the arrest ol the l
prominent men of Kershaw and r
the preliminary examination at
Lancaster. There is nothing \
especially new in his statement of c
these facts, but the wording of the (.
report is vigorous and the solicitor t
denominates the killing of Mor- c
rison as murder.?The State, 12 t
inst. c
Douglass Gets fifteen Years. ^
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Several weeks ago Columbia (
had an epidemic of robberies and f
it was evident that the work was r
being done by an expert. The z
police finally traced the criminal to t
Savannah and found that it was a ,
negro named George Douglass. ,
Before they could arrest him,
however, the Savannah authori- |
ties had him for attempting to |
crack a safe, and now he has been ,
sentenced to fifteen years. (
Douglass is not only wanted in (
t_ 1 4. A 1 1! A U* 1_
C-UlUniDUl, UUl U1C pUllCC III 1II K ,
that lie is the criminal wanted for ]
cracking a safe in Kershaw. Efforts
will now be made to locate
some of the property which he
stole in Columbia.?Columbia .
Record, I
baby Drowned in Tub of Water. '
The baby son of Mr. and Mrs. \
II II llinnant of Hookmans was ^
drowned Tuesday morning by
falling head-first into a tub of '
water. The vessel had been
placed on the ground under the 1
caves of the piazza to catch the
dripping water and it is supposed '
that the little fellow attempted to
climb over the banisters and fell *
several feet to the water. When
found the- child's body was lying
across the rim cf tub with its head
submerged in the water and its
r. i . . -1 . i 'IM. t_ _1 . _
icci on me oiuskic inc Dociy
had been in the water probably
i 5 minutes.?The Siatc.
The parties convicted at Or.
ungohurg of conspiracy and crea
ting a disturbance at a pic nic
were sentenced as follows ; A B
A maker, ,J 15 A maker, Cleveland
Hooker, white, each two years at
hard labor in the penitentiary,
William Jamison and James Me
Lend, col., IS months each in the
penitentiary at hard labor.
The Atlanta Constitution says:
The negro preacher who prayed
before the Now York legislature
that (tod would save that body
titi> o ronitwl \i> i t It
i I VMM (III W fin ^lUOVCM Willi
''roars of laughter."
Gaston county N C hist week
voted *:;<)<),000 bonds for road
improvement.
ro Prove an Alibi J"
Will
in ButawviMe Case hm
Tb
rVivcs of Defendants Take Stand anj
in Their Heliaif.?Edwards an
Excellent Witness.
tes
Hy William Hanks.
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Orangeburg, May 11.?The
C I . >V()
rial of tlie five men charged with
he murder of Keitt Hookard took vvo
juite a turn today. Each . and phi
rvery one has set up an an alibi dot
o disprove which will put the J
solicitor at a great disadvantage. '?
l'lie question now is: Have five vV.H
. . . . . . she
vhite men of some influence and
espectability been dragged to jail Gf
is felons by an unjust process of fan
aw, or has a carefully prepared an?
may of manufactured evidence Wo
til*
Decn put up to secure the liberr
. .... . .
ition of men who deliberately and ^
n cold blood took the life of a pe]
iuman being? ce
The evidence produced by the Di
irosecution today determined one
Iiing?Keitt Bookard is dead.
\nother thing was determined? ,
Ceilt Bookard was murdered, or
'or it cannot be that he threw hiu
limself into the river after lie had the
iroken the lock of the guard house
md after ho had tied an iron we
t v
>ar weighing 55 pounds to his * .
lands and feet. lie did not com. ,,f
nit suicide.
The evidence of Henry C Edvards
removes the fear that the
:rinie was a ghoulish one in its
letails, tor it was suspected that He
he work of fiends hands had been
lone to the body before it was
brown into the water. How:vcr,
Edwards says that the ne? inj]
jro, yet alive, was thrown into
he river without any mutilation rnl
>f his body. The disappearance un<
if cars, tongue, eyes and other c'(1
u gans and the scars on the body Pei
nay be due to its having been
ittacked by depredatory fish and be
o the fact that it had floated nine bo
niles in a part of the stream J
where there arc logs. tj 1
ilenry Edwards made a very CUI
fair witness. So far us koeping
liis head is concerned he was cn 1?
ulmirahlto witness, for not once
iid ho contrulict himself or any ed
if the evidence he has given pie/ionsly
at the pi eliminary hearing, thi
dot in other respects he fell rshot I"1
jt being forceful. He is sick, thi
ind being naturally of a timid To
lature and very much abashed in ye
:he presence of those whose very hu
lives he might bo swearing away, Cu
lie spoke in such a low tone that thi
he judge had to order him to ba
novo squarely in front of the hit
jury so that they might hear him. 85
Mr. "A'olf kept this, witness tin- ne
ler cross examination for over an thi
hour, but not once did ho make tw
nuy statement which conflicted hit
with testimony which ho had
given before.
The singular part about the
defense is that evidence which can
hardly be contradicted with evi- ^
ilence was produced this afternoon |.fl
to prove un alibi for each man ftt
implicated. It was admitted that ey
throe of the men in the indict,
ment wore called at 3 o'alock to ^
go to the guard house and get
Koltt Bookard out to take him to m
th? county jail at Moncks Corner,
hut it was testified that after bo- ?
f"
ing out half an hour these three
or
came hack and remained in the
All
i Uit ...... .s.i i i
inu lost ui me uigui, ill4KT
ing it impossible for them to have e(j
gone throe miles into the country jn
to tako part in u lynching. The ar
remarkable part about this evidonee
is that in all probability
Magistrate A K McCoy would
hare released the prisoners fon- ^()
months sgo had the evidence been ^
put before him at the time
of the prelimin.iry, but cominir
at this late date. the evidence ft,
in hehulf of nn alibi will of nec- 011
essity lose some of its force.
The court room was well filled
nun! ly nil d.iy u)though the evi
' oo giren by Kdw*r l*. who Qg
i on the stand two and u 'mil/
lrv, was ultogethe; inaudible,
oro was no attempt ut making pi
rthtng like a scene until the
ito had concluded its evidence,
t 24 hours after tho taking of
liiimuy hud started. When
' defense was commenced the
resof the prisoners and other m
men relatives were sent for to tj1(
e their evidence. The balnea
re brought along also, and
yed around ttie piisunois in the
:k. " na
tu addition to^this tttcit appeal wr
iho sentiment of1 the jurors, it hu
s stated by Mrs Ksdons that wr
i is the mother of eight children co
1 baa been without the aid ?
ca
her hushund to support the ^
lily since ho was locked up, s r
I Mrs Faltuer, a vor> pretty Pa
man, told of her husband being ph
en from home on the tirst asi
liversary of their marriage and -pi
1 not been back since, and Mrs
any Mat tin also stated that sin
tho at rest of her husband in b/>
<<t>m km- tihu tind Imnn miniini tnd
her father. At the conclusion tj
tho day's work the prisoneia
1 Ihcir woman kin had quite u
mion which appeared a'togeth- c
at variance with rumors which do
/e been afloat for some time to th
t effect that the prisoners have ar
3n (piite at home since they 0(
re sent to tail in Berkeley coon .
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and that they have not been <le
veil entirely of the company
relatives. ini
Washington Duke Dead
dr
s Was Founder of the Tobaeeo aj
I'mst and a Generous Man. cj,
Duiham, N C., May 8.--Wash- m
;ton Duke died this afternoon jn
2 o'clock. He began to sink
tidly late yesterday afternoon,
i all night and today he was fG
?se to death, the physicians ex- te
ding tno end at any moment. ^
r several days before his death sa
was unconscious, and all today ;n
was scarcely breathing. His
aiily, consisting of throe conp, a,
i Duke, president of the Amei i- p;
n Tobacco Co , B N Doke und U|
L Duke, were by his bedside. jn
addition to these there were s
her relatives and friends gather fn
there. b
Mr Duke was the founder ot tl
s great Du'se tobacco nmnufacring
ousiness, and the father of p
0 president of tho American k
ibaeco Company. In recent si
ars he has been retired from a
sinews. Ho has given to Tiinily h
dlege, in various ways, more r;
mi a million dollars. All Dut- F
ill is in mourning on account of ri
1 iIahIIi IIh won id have been n
years of age had he lived to it
xt December. Pleurisy and b
b result of a fall received about
0 months ago was the cause of e
1 death. d
m m ri
ty Bored a Hole into His Own
Body.
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Iwjnsea, May 10 -A very pectiir
and serious accident occurred
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W B Bast's factory Monday
c
ening.
Kenis, tho 14-year-old son of
ichardson Carl in, was noting ^
ith an auger that w is turned by ^
achinery. 'l'o steady the short .
>ard ho was pressing his body j
'ainst it. The board was a thui ,
i "
le, and the auger went through j
id into his groin on tho rght ! t
do tivo or six inches He pull-'s
I the aui/er out himself bv press-'
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jX*his body from the machine u
id iu coming out it brought the 11
ooves full of ttei-b. f
The hoy had only a tew min* v
oh before the accident been told ?
kee]> away from the uitehine. t
in condition is critical. a
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OABVOIIIA.
im the /?Kind You Han Always Bought ?
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?Pay for The Ledger. u
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te Hundred People Heed.!
clahoiria Town Storm Swept?
Tornado Struck the Town cf
Snyder at Night and Did
Vast Damage.
Sapupa, I. T., May ii, 1:30 a
?At 1 1 :4Q o'clock last night
e dispatcher for the Frisco in
is city received a report from S.
lid, O. T., advising that a tor- ''
do had struck Snyder, Okie, H
ecking the town and killing five
nehed people, among whom u
is the station agent of the Fris- 11
at that town. The request "
inc also for assistance. On the f i
ength of the report, the dis- 1
tcher ordered a relief train with
ysicians to be sent from Chick- c<
aw, I. T., and Onanah, T*.xas. st
ic wire between Snyder and Sa- U(
pa went down about 10 p. m. 0
iTER ACCOUNT OF TIIK STORM. l>
Guthrie, Okla.. Mav 11.?The ..
ath list of last night's storm will 0
obably exc :ed 100 persons. 85
?dics have been recovered, a
1/.en persons arc missing, and of
e 41 seriously wounded several
o
e likely to die. More than 100 ^
her persons suffered less sfcvcrc
1 u
1 tines.
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Relief is coming from ncighborg
towns. Oklahoma city today .
nt 100 men to dig graves and
ek the dead still in the ruins,and
(J
dozen undertakers with one huned
coffins. Offers of financial
d have come from numerous
n
ties.
Governor Ferguson of Oklahoa
has issued a proclamation callg
attention to the needs of the
ricken town.
It is still difficult to obtain in- tt
rmation from Snyder. A single '
legraph wire furnishes an outlet, c
it it is blocked with private mcs- 1
ges concerning the dead and the ^
jured. 11
To add to the general confusion
id distress after the tornado had b
assed fire broke out and burned
[) all that remained of the build- *
igs in one of the busiest blocks,
o far it has not been possible to i
nd out whether any bodies have 1
ecu cremated, but it is possible (
lat such is the case. ^
An unidentified woman was I
ickcd up dead, having been pin
ined to the ground by a large
ivcr, which entered her left eye
nd came out throi gh the back of
er head. Clarence Donovan, a
inroad engineer, and Miss Mina i
assenden were to have been mar- ]
ed last night, but had just post- <
oned ?he nuptials until this morn- f
lg. Both were instantly killed 1
y the storm. i
Fred Crump, a boy, had start- (
d to a cellar when a flying timber i
ecapitated him. Debris was caried
northeast as far as Coopcrton
2 miles, and it is reported that
tiere are more fragments at that
awn than in the tornado path at
nydcr.
About 75 head of horses and
attle were killed at Snyder. A
ommittee this morning began to
cmove carcasses.
The mayor of Snyder is having
riuch trouble arranging for the
iurial of the dead. The contusion
? great, owing to the fact that
here is a number of unidentified
iociies at the morgues.
There is much suffering owing
o lack of provisions and places to
tl't. - i_ i.1
lay. w nat nouses remain in me
own are in bad condition and arc
nsafe for habitation. Besides,
here is not room enough to care
cr the homeless. Bedding and
/earing apparel arc both lacking
nd despite the effort to succor
he unfortunates, they arc still in
pitiable condition. Many of the
/Ounded could not be cared for
r given medical aid until 9
'clock this morning, and by that
ime their wounds were aggravatd.
I)r York, of llobart, who
/as active in relieving the sufferng,
says that 20 per cent of the
/ounded will die.
Reduction in Acreage.
) A * i a?' i i' r-'in 15 i?? 'JO ,?< r .
('cm*. Tl?p ugliniit thu S<U>l|l
The I hcivnaM in North
('iiioIIII.I 'd'J I*, V A' i t
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or. ? f I'liu ( Iwii li.t;,u ()li river. ^
K >ckiiU:!i iiii May 0. l? lJix<u< |
ruin'r*?i?!.r " A lnhnnni, rtsM.stant
cielnry nf the < ??* ml orjniniz ion
(?f tin Southern ''ott >n A*>cintioii,
spent i "lay in K ickinujUlll
Hu ;S o it ilMl i'inr (I'll "I lor i|
jport tn he submit t -(1 to ti nicut
li.' of tl>:? ilivsi i'i rosiilon s "I
e Soiiliu in (.'niton AsM.eistion,
< 11 < <I to 111 *4 t in Now Orleans < n
I IV 30.
Interview with Tlio O'wivflr
in e-ipoiiilciil today, Mr Ai m -
Milieu iiuii ii rniiiriMMi in
jrengt of l!u* col tun crop of the
outh amounting to from 15 lo 20
or cciil., was no accomplished
xct. lie slated llitil the rodocon
in North Carolina whs about
2 per cent. lie bus personally
is-ile<l ten count i s in this State
1 ready, .mil lets ' een in every
otti n Statu except South Curlina,
whetehe will g> from this
tutu. llin information as to the
tu, in.t i f reed tion in ucrcngho
:i>h, is not taken from fho sln'elent
of one, or even a low m?*i?,
>i each county; hut is gathered
rotn a systematic canvass of
very voting precinct. The
itune8 of five reliable furinets in
ui.li precinct are ohtaine 1. These
ro requested to report on couiliotis
in their severul localities.
' The reason 1 catno to North
Carolina," said Mr. Armstrong,
'ivas that the report had gotten
hroud out in Texas lliut you peoile
hero wore bloivin up ttie fence
ornets and waste places and pitting
them in cotton, uud the fel
ows out there were raising cuin
bout it. When I got here I
ottnd that it was generally iindeitood
in North Carolina that the
IVxaiiH had jumped the game and
veto pulling in a lug crop.''
Mississippi according to Mi
\rmstrong, is prohably ahca I of
my other State in the reduction
if acreage* due to tho fact that
jovernor Vurdatnau lias taken
he stump end spoken all over the
State, advising reduction
Aged l'utr Hratned With Axe
?
Athens, U.t., May 1"-?Last
riight between 10 o'clock and day.
livht. Frank M IIolhrook. aurnl
G5, and his wife, who ran a little
stole in the c mniry, four inilei
from WatUiurillo, with nmideio*
iiiul to tho crime < >/ muni or in the
case of the old woman was addei
a more ImrrihLe crime.
The couple had been brainoi
with an axe. Their bodies weic
found on the back porch of theii
house this morning. I'hje cntin
community is aroused and sum
mary action may bo taken if tlx
guilty parties are found.
Three Youths Under Arrest.
Athens, Ga., May 11,?Jin
Taylor, Sidney Harris and Claiuh
Elder negroes under 22 years o
age, are in jail at Watkinsville
charged with the murder of Fran!
Holbrook and his wife, near tha
place Tuesday night. Two of tin
negroes were traced by blood
hounds. They had been prose
cutcd by Holbrook for burglary
and had made threats to kill him
1 he murderers got away witl
$400 that the ohl couple had ii
the house.
If these prove to be the righ
persons there may be trouble, a
the country is terribly wrought uj
over the tragedy,
Foley's Hone) tuid Tnr contain
no opiates, and will not i-oti-.li
pate like neatly all other eoiigl
mtdiclnes. Refuse Substitutes
Sold by Funderhurk 1'lmrmnoy.
60 Oi.s Wrecki 100 Hui't,
. I .. Im , I I ?The
Ki-Uin 10\j rrs iif l!u> IVliIlHjl?
v-i.iu K-iili <>ikI, east, ran
in! !':< i<:hi I l ain at 1 10 Ibis
in i 'ii i t S nth tiarrUt?iu*?r.
t'w > i<>t ilm fivijjhl worn loudlid
with I j-amile, and tliieo ter11It
i n ani 1'tdiow-td. Both
I run -s wore piled ir; n mass of
witi ham-, which immediately took
lie many (-mailer explosions
' 'ul'ii > < d ! i< estimated that 50 ?
|stvd ad ai.d 100 hurt. Definite
I limit - r <ntw?t l <> had at. this hour
I a* I im 1 I /.hi:,' inns- is ' nnpprouoha'dc
and many peonle are pinned
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j n i i 11 \- iin/i n,
I.ATKU 1>KTA1US OP WRKCK.
ll>r;iv?urg, May 11.?Nineteou
1 pot stins ntc known lo l o dead und
J nit>rt* ihuii 100 others weio injur'
oi! in tlu? rail tun! wreck und dyna
mit( (xplosi.in which occurred
ouily On! iv on tho Pennsylvania
Kaihi.'id in the southern part of
this city. That no more persona
worn killed i; considered icmurkaOl.i
hy the PennsvIvunin 'vuilroud
ollici-ils, a > a full box , ur of dyna!
mite exploded directly at tho
! mi idio of tho heavy express truin,
i ho Pennsylvania Railroad oflieiuls
tonight gave out a list cont
i.iug no} u:\ninsof OS persons
who v\ki? injured and treated at
ho-pitals or elsewhere Tho company
also gave n II t containing
the lunula of oU persons who were
in the wreck and whoso injuries
are not giw u.
Tour JLife
Current.
The power thnt gives you
life and motion is the nerve
force, or nerve fluid, located in
the nerve cells of the brain,
and sent out through the
nerves lo the various organs.
If you are tired, nervous,
irritable, cannot sleep; have
headache, feel stuffy, dull and
melancholy, or have neuralgia,
rheumatism, backache, j eriodical
pains, indigestion, dyspepsia,
stomach trouble, or the
kidneys and liver arc inactive,
your life-current is weak.
Power-producing fuel is needed
; something to increase nerve
1 energy?strengthen the nerves.
Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine
is the fuel you need. It
feeds the nerves,produces nerve
force, and restores vitality.
"When I 1? gan faring Dr. ATiles'
Rk'.stomtiva Nervine mid Anti-1'aln
l'i'ls 1 was confined to m.v bed. I
bud severe nervous spoils, tho result
of two years illness with malaria. I
gradually grew no weak that I was
unable to nit up. The sj" Ms would
commence with cold chills, and I
I would Ix'oomo weak and a 1 moat holp1
loss. My circulation wan poor. I
had doctored right along but grew
5 weaker and weaker. The Nervine
f? < moil to strengthen mo right away
. and my circulation was b< tt->r. I have
taken in all seven bottles of tho
| Nervine, and I am entirely well."
jo_os.\ i'j. >v I'iAVJiu, oiuaris, la.
I Dr. Miles' Nervine Is cold by your
druggist. who will guarantee that the
J firrt 'bottle will benefit. If it fails, he
will refund your money.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
1
Notice?Lancaster Graded
3 Schools.
* To all whom if may Concern:
A Take notice that yursoan t to a petition
signed by ten voters and freeholders iosident
in Lancaster School District, wo, the
undersigned, Trustees of said District, do
hereby call a public meeting to bo torn1
posed of all those voters who arc. resident
_ in and return lor luxation in said District
j- n-d or personal property o tbo value ot
not less than ono hundred dollar , to as?
scuiblc in the Court House at Lancaster,
< S on Friday the itlt'.i day of May, 191)5,
^ nt 1 o'clock, p. in., for the purpose of electing
a ( Imiruian and secretary of s.ii<l meet*
- ing. tivo trustees of s iid school district
- and of determining wl.at special tax. if
:l'iV. Hot to ex tod livi! nulls m1hi.1I l>n Inv.
ie?l, us th? major.ty present s' till decide,
? on all real and personal properly within
. sujil School Dis'riot for the maintenance of
t the public u -ho >ls of sni'l District. Tins
May Uth. lit I >.
1 LKUOY SL'RINGS,
\V. J. CUNX INGHAM,
t W. T. GUliGOUY,
T. S. UAlU KIt,
s Gil AS. T. DON NOUS.
) Trustee-. Gum-aster School District.
Notice to tlie Public.
s 1 will hold all inquests in tiio
county. Phono to tny residence
^ at L'lcii*not tiill for too whou
needed.
Montgomery Cti-koy,
opt. 20?If
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